Garment-supporter.



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WARREN L. BRADDOOK, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent a... 635,648, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed May 12, 1899.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN L. BRADDOOK, of Amesbury, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements, in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a garment-supporter of-the type shown inLetters Patent of the United States granted to me May 29, 1883, No.278,493, and December 29, 1891, No. 466,089, said supporter comprising aplate or body portion and two arms pivoted thereto at difierent points,said arms being of unequal length and formed so that their outer endscan be interlocked to engage a piece of fabric interposed between themby aswinging movement of the plate in one direction and disconnected torelease the fabric by a swinging movement of the plate in the oppositedirection.

The present invention has for its chief object to enable the arms to belocked to the plate when the parts are adjusted in their graspingposition, so that the arms cannot be moved to release the fabric withouta special operation to unlock them from the plate, thus preventing theaccidental release of the fabric.

The invention also has for its object to provide certain otherimprovements in the-construction of a garment-supporter having theabove-mentioned characteristics.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim. v

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent, respectively, front, rear, and edge viewsof a garment-supporter embodying my invention. Fig. 4 representsasection on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents an edge view showingthe arms separated. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view. Fig. 7represents a View similar to Fig. 6, one of the arms being broken off.Fig. 7 t represents a perspective view of the plate or body portion.Fig. 8 represents a perspective view, the parts being in substantiallythe position shown in Fig.

Serial No. 716,518. (No model.)

5. Fig. 9 represents a side view showing a safety-pin as the attachingdevice. Figs. 10 and 11 represent, respectively, a side and an edge viewof a drawers-supporter embodying my invention. Figs. 12 and 13 representperspective views of the arms of the supporter shown in Figs. 10 and 11.Fig. 14 represents a side view of a sleeve-holder embodying theinvention.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

In the drawings, and referring to Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive, (t representsthe plate or body, preferably of sheet metal, having two pairs ofsockets b b and c c and two slots at a. to receive a'suspending-strap,this embodiment of my invention being intended as a stocking-supporter.b and c are the wire arms, which have bent ends entering the sockets band c, the arms being thus hinged to the plate. The arm b has a head 19while the arm 0 has a head 0 these heads being formed to interlock whenthe parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 and to beseparated when the plate and arms are adjusted as shown in Figs. 5 and8, the interlocking of the heads taking place when the plate and armsare swung into alinement. The heads 12 o are formed to grasp and firmlyhold a piece of fabric that is interposed between them.

, My present invention provides for the looking together of the plate aand arms I) o,with the heads I) c interlocked, and thus preventing theaccidental separation of the heads. To this end the sockets c c areprovided with ears or abutments 1 1, formed to bear on the side parts 22 of the arm 0, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and prevent said arm fromswinging in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7 when said armis in its normal position. The parts 2 2 are yieldingly held by theresilience of the connecting portion 3 in engagement with the abutments1 1. The trunnion portions 4 4 of the arm 0 are elongated and adapted toslide lengthwise in the sockets c c, and their outer ends are bent intoloops or otherwise formed to provide fingerrests or push-pieces toenable the side portions 2 2 to be pressed inwardly out of engagementwith the abutments 1 1 when it is desired to release the arms from theplate.

It will be seen that when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 6and 7 the arm 0' is prevented from swinging downwardly by the abutments1 1, whilethe arm b is prevented from swinging upwardly by the plate a.The heads of said arms being interlocked, it follows that neither armcan be swung in either of said directions until the parts 2 2 of the arm0 are disengaged from the abutments 1 1. \Vhen this is done, the armsand plate are free to assume the relative positions shown in Figs. 5 and8, the side portions 2 2 bearing on the inner ends of the abutments 1 1,as shown in Fig. 8.

In Fig. 9 I show the sockets b 1) formed on one end of the plate a andthe trunnion portion of the arm 6' extended, one being formed into aspring-pinp and the otherinto a keeper p to hold the point of the pin,the parts 19 and 13 forming the equivalent of a safety-pin, which isintegral with the arm I).

In Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 I show arms B O as substitutes,respectively, for the arms I) c. The portion 6, that connects the sideportions of the arm B, is formed as a hook to engage the waistband ofapair of trousers, and the trunnion portions of said arm are extended toform a safety-pin, as in the construction shown in Fig. 9. The sideportions 2 2 of the arm C are bent to form oppositelyprojecting arms 88, on which are formed spurs 9 9. The arms or spurs constitute anequivalent of the head 0 on the arm 0, the spurs projecting into thehook 6 when the parts are interlocked. The spurs therefore penetrate thewaistband with which the hook 6 is engaged and prevent the hook fromslipping upwardly. Since the head on the arm 0 does not in this caseconstitute a resilient connection between the side portions 2 2, suchconnection is provided by the neck portion 11. The device is attached tothe drawers by means of the safety-pin. The plate a has the sockets b band c c and the abutments 1 1, the latter cooperating with the sideportions 2 2 of the arm 0 in locking the arms to the plate.

Fig. 14 shows two devices of substantially the construction shown inFigs. 1 to 8, the slots a in the plates at a being omitted and the twoplates connected by a hinge-joint composed of sockets 12 on the plates aa and pintles 13, formed as extensions of the arms Z). This constructionis adapted for use as a holder to adjust the length of a shirt-sleeve,the two pairs of arms being engaged with the sleeve in such manner thatthere will be slack material between the points of engagement.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 9 and in Fig. 14; the parts ofthe wire that form the narrow neck portion of the arm I) are bent oroffset adjacent to said neck and cause said head to be offset from thearm, the two lying in parallel planes. The head a is bifurcated orforked, so that it presents two wings, the inner sides of which areformed by the connecting portion 3. This bifurcated head bestrides theoffset 15 when the two heads are interlocked, the said branches lyingbeside the head W. The two arms and heads thus formed are adapted tohold a piece of fabric very securely.

In the form shown in Figs. 10 to 13 the construction is similar to thatabove described, the arm 13' being offset adjacent to its narrow neck,so that the forked or bifurcated arms 8 8 of the arm C bestride the saidoffset portion and the spurs 9 9, extending beside portions of the book6 of the arm B. In this last-mentioned form the arms 8 8 and their spursconstitute the head of one arm and the hook 6 constitutes thehead of theother arm, which two heads interlock in the same manner as abovedescribed in connection with Figs. 1 to 9 and Fig. 14.

I claim- 1. A garment supporter or clasp having means by which it may besuspended and comprising a body portion or plate, two arms hinged to theplate at different points and hav-' ing heads formed to interlock whenthe arms and head are substantially in alinement, means for limiting themovement of the longer arm in one direction, and abutments on the plateformed to engage the shorter arm and preventits movementin the oppositedirection and thereby lock the plate and arms together.

2. A garment supporter or clasp having means by which it maybe suspendedand com prising a body portion or plate, two arms hinged to the plate atdifierent points and having heads formed to interlock when the arms andhead are substantially in alinement, means for limiting the movement ofthe longer arm in one direction abutments on the plate formed to engagethe shorter arm and prevent its movement in the opposite direction andthereby lock the plate and arms together, and push-pieces on the shorterarm whereby the said arm maybe disengaged from the said abutments.

3. A garment supporter or clasp having means by which it may besuspended and comprising a body portion or plate, two arms hinged to theplate at difierentpoints and having heads formed to interlock when thearms and head are substantially in alinement, means for limiting themovement of the longer arm in one direction, abutments on the plateformed to engage the shorter arm and prevent its movement in theopposite direction and thereby lock the plate and arms together, andsafety-pin members formed as extensions of the longer arm.

4. A garment supporter or clasp having means by which it may besuspended and comprising a body portion or plate, two arms hinged to theplate at different points and having means for limiting the movement ofthe arm in one direction, and abutments on the plate formed to engagethe shorter arm and In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigpreventits movement in the opposite direcnature in presence of two Witnesses.

tion and thereby lock the plate and arms together, the longer arm havinga head formed WARREN BRADDOGK as a hook, While the shorter arm has ahead Witnesses:

which includes spurs adapted to project into C. F. BROWN, the hook. A D.HARRISON.

